{"id":14059,"date":"2024-07-02T11:32:44","date_gmt":"2024-07-02T11:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/?p=14059"},"modified":"2024-07-02T11:32:44","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T11:32:44","slug":"portugal-advances-into-euro-2024-quarter-finals-after-dramatic-penalty-shootout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/portugal-advances-into-euro-2024-quarter-finals-after-dramatic-penalty-shootout\/","title":{"rendered":"Portugal Into Euro 2024 QFs After Dramatic Penalty Shootout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/cristiano-ronaldo-being-consoled-after-missing-penalty-in-extra-time-before-diogo-costa-saves-three-penalties-in-shootout.jpg\" alt=\"Cristiano Ronaldo being consoled after missing penalty in extra time before Diogo Costa saves 3 Penalties in shootout\" width=\"300\" title=\"Portugal Into Euro 2024 Quarter Finals After Dramatic Penalty Shootout\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-14060\" \/><strong>Summary:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Monday\u2019s Portugal VS Slovenia match sent Ronaldo\u2019s team into the quarter-finals where they will meet France. <\/li>\n<li>It took a dramatic penalty shootout at the end of extra time for Portugal to defeat Slovenia (3-0 on pens).<\/li>\n<li>Ronaldo missed a penalty in the 105th minute but scored one of three penalties that brought victory.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Portugal<\/strong> is getting ready to play a quarter-final against France at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/sports-betting\/football\">Euro 2024<\/a> after it ended Monday\u2019s match against Slovenia with a <strong>dramatic <em>3-0<\/em> penalty shootout win<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>While <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cristiano\">Cristiano Ronaldo<\/a> teared up after he missed a spot-kick<\/strong> (<em>pictured<\/em>) in extra-time (105\u2019) because of Jan Oblak\u2019s brilliant save, the 39-year-old took revenge when he converted his effort in the shootout at the end of extra-time. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Diogo Costa made three miraculous saves<\/strong> (<em>pictured<\/em>) that turned him into the hero of the evening.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:relative;height:0;padding-bottom:56.25%\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/beQaNWutllM?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0?ecver=2\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"position:absolute;width:100%;height:100%;left:0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>&#8220;Sadness at the Start Is Joy at the End.\u201d <\/h2>\n<p>At the end of the goalless draw, <strong>Ronaldo managed to convert his team\u2019s first effort in the shootout<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>He was joined by <strong>Bernardo Silva<\/strong> and <strong>Bruno Fernandes<\/strong> who also converted their winning kicks. In the meanwhile, goalkeeper Diogo Costa made some incredible saves from Josip Ilicic, Jure Balkovec, and Benjamin Verbic.<\/p>\n<p>Ronaldo commented at the end of the match saying <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Sadness at the start is joy at the end. That&#8217;s what football is. Moments, inexplicable moments.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/cristiano-ronaldo-signing-with-al-nassr-will-raise-saudi-arabia-pro-league-profile\/\">The Al Nassar forward<\/a> spoke about his missed penalty that was supposed to have his team a lead, saying he needs to watch it to see if he shot \u201c<em>well or badly<\/em>\u201d, adding that he hasn\u2019t missed a penalty kick all year. <\/p>\n<p>He added Portugal \u201c<em>deserved<\/em>\u201d the win since they had \u201c<em>more authority<\/em>\u201d, saying their opponents spent almost the entire game on the defense. <\/p>\n<p>The player, who predictably dominated the encounter, seemed to be emotionally charged from the start. <\/p>\n<p>All his efforts on goal over the course of the 120 minutes, which included four unsuccessful free-kicks, triggered lots of reactions from him, anger and devastation included. <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Portugal was always on top of it, pressing hard but for one reason or another, didn&#8217;t score.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Costa also commented on his performance, calling it &#8220;<em>probably the best game<\/em>\u201d of his life.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that while he was focused on doing what he had to do, he also used his \u201c<em>gut feeling<\/em>\u201d, adding the match was \u201c<em>very tough<\/em>\u201d and drenched in \u201c<em>tremendous emotion<\/em>\u201d. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary: Monday\u2019s Portugal VS Slovenia match sent Ronaldo\u2019s team into the quarter-finals where they will meet France. It took a dramatic penalty shootout at the end of extra time for Portugal to defeat Slovenia (3-0 on pens). Ronaldo missed a penalty in the 105th minute but scored one of three penalties that brought victory. 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